PROFILE

Profile

In standardization, a profile consists of an agreed-upon subset and interpretation of a specification. Many complex technical specifications have many optional features, such that two conforming implementations may not inter-operate due to choosing different sets of optional features to support. Even when no formal optional features exist within a standard, vendors will often fail to implement functionality from the standard which they view as unimportant. In particular, implementations of standards on mobile devices often have significant limitations compared to their traditional desktop implementations, even if the standard which governs both permits such ...

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profile

Noun

  1. the outermost shape, view, or edge of an object
    His fingers traced the profile of the handle.
  2. The shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side; a side view.
    The brooch showed the profile of a Victorian woman.
  3. A summary or collection of information, especially about a person
    Law enforcement assembled a profile of the suspect.
  4. a specific space or field in which users can provide various types of personal information in software or Internet systems
    I just updated my Facebook profile to show I got engaged.
  5. reputation
  6. the amount by which something protrudes
    Choose a handle with a low profile so it does not catch on things.
  7. prominence; noticeability
    Acting is, by nature, profession in which one must keep a high profile.
  8. A smoothed (e.g., troweled or brushed) vertical surface of an excavation showing evidence of at least one feature or diagnostic specimen; the graphic recording of such as by sketching, photographing, etc.
  9. Character; totality of related characteristics; signature; status (especially in scientific, technical, or military uses).
    What's the thermal profile on that thing?
  10. A section of any member, made at right angles with its main lines, showing the exact shape of mouldings etc.
  11. A drawing exhibiting a vertical section of the ground along a surveyed line, or graded work, as of a railway, showing elevations, depressions, grades, etc.

Verb

  1. to create a summary or collection of information, especially about a person
  2. to act based on such a summary; especially, to act on a stereotype. See profiling.


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